Chapter Summaries

Ji Changfeng found Zhang Xiaofan and Biyao hidden in a cave, rescued them, and let Biyao leave after Zhang Xiaofan pleaded for her. He gathered Lu Xueqi and Qi Hao at the Blood-Dripping Cave and prepared to enter in search of the Heavenly Scripture.

• Ji Changfeng split up with Qi Hao and Lu Xueqi to search for Zhang Xiaofan while You Ji followed him.
• Ji Changfeng sensed a buried cave with Sword Intent, uncovered its entrance, and found Zhang Xiaofan asleep inside with Biyao.
• Ji Changfeng pulled Zhang Xiaofan from the cave and let Biyao go because Zhang Xiaofan had pleaded for her.
• Biyao thanked Ji Changfeng for saving her twice and left, while Ji Changfeng waited for the others.
• Lu Xueqi, Qi Hao, and Zhang Xiaofan arrived, and Ji Changfeng pointed out the Blood-Dripping Cave and proposed entering to search for treasures.

Ji Changfeng led Qi Hao, Lu Xueqi, and Zhang Xiaofan to a hidden chamber where they studied Heavenly Book Volume One. He created the rudiment of the Golden Core Path, learned that the Heavenly Scripture’s principles connected the Buddha, Dao, and Demon sects, and said he would report the revelation to the sect master.

• Ji Changfeng led the others through a hidden passage into the chamber marked Heavenly Book Volume One.
• Ji Changfeng, Qi Hao, Lu Xueqi, and Zhang Xiaofan studied the writing on the chamber wall.
• Ji Changfeng entered a state of enlightenment and created the incomplete rudiment of a new cultivation system called the Golden Core Path.
• Qi Hao, Lu Xueqi, and Zhang Xiaofan noticed the Heavenly Scripture’s principles resembled their own cultivation arts.
• Ji Changfeng explained that the Buddha, Dao, and Demon sects had all drawn their arts from an unnamed ancient scroll and said he would report the matter to Sect Master Uncle.

Ji Changfeng and the others explored the chamber beyond the Heavenly Scripture and found the Lovesick Bell, which responded to Zhang Xiaofan’s Fire-Stirring Rod. Ji Changfeng gave Lu Xueqi the Six Harmonies Mirror as a betrothal gift, and the group discovered a small button on the chamber wall.

• Ji Changfeng destroyed the wall bearing the first volume of the Heavenly Scripture, and the group crossed the fork to explore the other passage.
• The group found Old Man Black Heart’s dried corpse and entered a secret chamber filled with artifacts that had lost their spiritual power.
• Ji Changfeng opened a black box from a distance, dispersed the poisonous smoke inside, and revealed the Lovesick Bell, which reacted to Zhang Xiaofan’s Fire-Stirring Rod.
• Ji Changfeng took the Lovesick Bell and offered Lu Xueqi the Six Harmonies Mirror as a betrothal gift, and she accepted it.
• Qi Hao and Zhang Xiaofan noticed a small button on the wall, and Ji Changfeng and Lu Xueqi went to inspect it.

Ji Changfeng destroyed the Love Curse cultivation method in the Blood-Dripping Cave and decided to investigate Old Ancestor Fengyue at Jieshi Mountain, persuading Qi Hao to join him. After teaching Lu Xueqi and the others his Sword Manipulation Technique in Xiao Chi Town, he went alone to a misty forest and confronted the people following him.

• Ji Changfeng used the Lovesick Bell to reveal the Love Curse cultivation method, then destroyed the wall so the wicked art could not spread.
• The group left the Blood-Dripping Cave and flew back to the Ten Thousand Bat Ancient Cave, where Ji Changfeng proposed investigating Old Ancestor Fengyue at Jieshi Mountain.
• Ji Changfeng persuaded Qi Hao to accompany him, and Lu Xueqi and Zhang Xiaofan were left bewildered by their exchange.
• The group traveled to Xiao Chi Town, where Ji Changfeng taught Lu Xueqi, Qi Hao, and Zhang Xiaofan his Sword Manipulation Technique before planning to leave for Jieshi Mountain the next day.
• Ji Changfeng went alone to a demon-shrouded forest and called out to the people following him; a green-clad figure and a veiled Black-Clad Woman appeared.

Ji Changfeng, Biyao, and You Ji entered the misty forest and confronted a sorrowful woman in white beside an ancient well. When Ji Changfeng said he wanted to speak with someone in a nearby cave, the woman mistook him for someone from Incense Valley, but a weak voice from within the cave invited them inside.

• Biyao claimed she had come to investigate reports of monsters, and You Ji removed her veil after Ji Changfeng teased her.
• Ji Changfeng entered the fog-filled forest, and Biyao and You Ji followed him inside.
• The three found a woman in white beside an ancient well, and Ji Changfeng questioned her about killing someone and stealing villagers’ poultry.
• The woman reached for the Profound Fire Mirror as Ji Changfeng warned her not to attack him and said he wanted to speak with someone in the cave.
• The woman accused Ji Changfeng of being from Incense Valley, but a weak voice from the cave called her Little Three and told her to let them enter.

Ji Changfeng spared the Three-tailed Demonic Fox and recruited her and the wounded Six-tailed Demonic Fox into Qingyun Sect, offering to cure his Cold Poison at the cost of their cultivation. He agreed to rescue the Six-tailed Demonic Fox’s mother from Incense Valley’s Profound Fire Altar.

• The white-robed woman let Ji Changfeng, You Ji, and Biyao into Black Stone Cave after the Six-tailed Demonic Fox told her they were not from Incense Valley.
• The Six-tailed Demonic Fox asked Ji Changfeng to spare the Three-tailed Demonic Fox, and Ji Changfeng ordered her to make amends by doing ten good deeds after her cultivation was crippled.
• Ji Changfeng offered the Six-tailed Demonic Fox a place as a Mountain Guardian Spirit Beast at Dazhu Peak and said he could remove the Cold Poison, though it would ruin his cultivation.
• The two fox demons accepted Ji Changfeng’s offer and bowed to him as their master.
• The Six-tailed Demonic Fox asked Ji Changfeng to rescue his mother from Incense Valley’s Profound Fire Altar, and Ji Changfeng agreed.

Ji Changfeng accepted the Six-tailed Demonic Fox’s request to save his mother, took in Six-tailed and Three-tailed, and set out with them. Back at the group’s lodgings, Lu Xueqi mistook Three-tailed for a rival before Ji Changfeng explained their situation, and the group prepared to leave for Jieshi Mountain.

• Ji Changfeng agreed to save Six-tailed’s mother in a few years, accepted the Profound Fire Mirror, and gave Three-tailed healing pills for Six-tailed.
• Ji Changfeng told Biyao and You Ji that they could come along, then left with Three-tailed carrying Six-tailed.
• The next morning, Lu Xueqi saw Three-tailed beside Ji Changfeng and confronted her, prompting Three-tailed to call Lu Xueqi “Mistress.”
• Ji Changfeng explained that Three-tailed and Six-tailed were demons he had taken in as spirit beasts, and clarified that they were a couple.
• After Qi Hao and Zhang Xiaofan emerged from seclusion, Ji Changfeng asked whether they had mastered the Sword Manipulation Technique and proposed heading to Jieshi Mountain.

Ji Changfeng and the Qingyun disciples traveled to Fengyue City, where Qi Hao pledged his support after Ji Changfeng promised to share his techniques with the sect. As they entered the city to gather information, an elderly fortune-teller approached them.

• Ji Changfeng introduced Three-tailed Fox to Qi Hao and the others as a spirit beast destined to guard Qingyun Sect, then the group flew toward Jieshi Mountain with Six-tailed Fox.
• Cultivators in Fengyue City mistook the group’s fast-moving sword lights for signs of powerful righteous and demonic figures and speculated that a treasure had appeared at Liubo Mountain.
• After switching to skateboards, the group discussed Ji Changfeng’s Sword Manipulation Technique, and he said he would share it and his sword techniques with all of Qingyun Sect.
• Qi Hao declared his support for Ji Changfeng, and Zhang Xiaofan and Lu Xueqi also showed their allegiance.
• The group entered Fengyue City to rest and gather information, where an elderly man carrying a banner marked “Immortal’s Guidance” approached them.

Ji Changfeng met the fortune-teller Zhou Yixian and asked his granddaughter Zhou Xiaohuan to read his future. After Xiaohuan predicted that Ji Changfeng and Lu Xueqi were destined for each other, Ji Changfeng left to confront Old Ancestor Fengyue.

• Qi Hao and the others encountered Zhou Yixian, who identified them as Qingyun Disciples and invited them to a tavern.
• Ji Changfeng asked Zhou Xiaohuan to divine his future, and she wrote, “Above heaven and below earth, I alone am supreme!”
• Lu Xueqi asked Zhou Xiaohuan to read her romantic fate, and Xiaohuan said she and Ji Changfeng were destined for each other.
• Ji Changfeng told Lu Xueqi to warm him a cup of wine and flew out to investigate Old Ancestor Fengyue.
• Ji Changfeng’s voice rang across Fengyue City as he shouted, “Fengyue, come out and die!”

Ji Changfeng challenged Old Ancestor Fengyue in Fengyue City, revealing the Ink Snow Divine Sword and the Mountains and Rivers Fan. Old Ancestor Fengyue recognized the sword and concluded that Ji Changfeng had killed his nephew Lin Feng.

• Ji Changfeng flew over Fengyue City and called for Old Ancestor Fengyue to come out and die.
• The Rogue Cultivators recognized the Ink Snow Divine Sword as a Nine Heavens Divine Weapon and the Mountains and Rivers Fan as Old Ancestor Fengyue’s artifact.
• Rogue Cultivators tried to capture Qi Hao, Lu Xueqi, Zhang Xiaofan, Zhou Yixian, and Xiaohuan, but Ji Changfeng’s Supreme Purity aura made them back down.
• Qi Hao told the crowd that the Qingyun Sect suspected Old Ancestor Fengyue of colluding with the Demonic Sect and urged them not to interfere.
• Old Ancestor Fengyue appeared and questioned Ji Changfeng, who showed him the Ink Snow Divine Sword and the Mountains and Rivers Fan.
• Old Ancestor Fengyue recognized the sword and inferred that Ji Changfeng had killed his nephew Lin Feng.

Ji Changfeng confronted Old Ancestor Fengyue, who revealed his Blood Refinement arts and trapped Fengyue City’s cultivators in a formation to refine them. As the two prepared to fight, Ji summoned the swords across the city and challenged Old Ancestor Fengyue to face them.

• Ji Changfeng confronted Old Ancestor Fengyue and declared they would fight because Fengyue had joined the Demonic Sect and become his enemy.
• Old Ancestor Fengyue unleashed his Blood Refinement Great Law and activated the Blood Refining Great Array, trapping the cultivators of Fengyue City inside.
• Zhou Yixian recognized the formation and revealed that Old Ancestor Fengyue intended to refine the entire city’s cultivators.
• Old Ancestor Fengyue attacked Ji Changfeng with his Hundred Souls Banner and more than a hundred wraiths, but Ji cut them apart with sword light.
• Ji Changfeng summoned Dragon Slayer, Ink Snow, and the swords throughout Fengyue City, then challenged Old Ancestor Fengyue to receive them.

Ji Changfeng unleashed his Sword Domain and defeated Old Demon Fengyue with Myriad Swords Return to One, freeing Fengyue Immortal City from its blood-red shroud. After the city’s formation fell, the rescued Rogue Cultivators witnessed Ji Changfeng’s overwhelming power.

• Ji Changfeng’s Sword Domain scattered the vengeful souls and cleared the blood-red glow over Fengyue Immortal City.
• Ji Changfeng challenged Old Demon Fengyue, and Zhang Xiaofan revealed that Ji Changfeng had joined Qingyun Sect less than five years earlier.
• Ji Changfeng launched Myriad Swords Return to One, but Old Demon Fengyue’s Blood Refinement Great Law and Blood Burning Great Law failed to stop it.
• The Ink Snow Divine Sword pierced Old Demon Fengyue’s heart, and tens of thousands of flying swords finished him off.
• Ji Changfeng slashed through the formation around Fengyue Immortal City and restored daylight to the Rogue Cultivators inside.

After defeating Old Demon Fengyue, Ji Changfeng arranged for Qingyun Sect to take over Fengyue Immortal City and set out for Liubo Mountain with Zhang Xiaofan and Lu Xueqi. The story left Lin Jingyu at Liubo Mountain, newly strengthened by three months of cultivation and still determined to surpass Ji Changfeng.

• Ji Changfeng defeated Old Demon Fengyue, and the Rogue Cultivators left their swords embedded in the city wall to commemorate the battle.
• Ji Changfeng asked Qi Hao to inventory and guard Fengyue Immortal City until Qingyun Sect could appoint elders to oversee it.
• Zhou Yixian told the group that righteous and demonic experts had gathered at East Sea Liubo Mountain, so Ji Changfeng chose to go there with Zhang Xiaofan and Lu Xueqi while Qi Hao stayed behind.
• Three-tailed Fox and Six-tailed Fox remained in Fengyue Immortal City to assist Qi Hao, and the city came under Qingyun Sect's jurisdiction.
• Decades later, Fengyue Immortal City was renamed Ten Thousand Swords Immortal City, and its sword-studded wall became a landmark for Sword Cultivators.
• After three months of seclusion, Lin Jingyu reached a new level of cultivation and vowed to reclaim what he had lost to Ji Changfeng.

Tian Buyi, Su Ru, and Daoist Cangsong questioned Faxiang and the Incense Valley disciples about Ji Changfeng after they returned from the Ten Thousand Bat Ancient Cave. Their discussion was interrupted when the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect attacked the Righteous Sect camp, and Tian Buyi challenged the Vampire Old Demon over his slain disciple.

• Su Ru asked why Ji Changfeng and the others had not returned, and Faxiang explained that they had fought toward the Sea of Ruthlessness after leaving the corpses of Demonic Sect disciples behind.
• A disciple warned Tian Buyi, Su Ru, and Daoist Cangsong that the Demonic Sect had attacked, and they went outside to face the invaders.
• The Vampire Old Demon and Hundred Poisons Child demanded that Tian Buyi answer for the death of Jiang Laosan, while the Righteous Sect disciples prepared to fight.
• Tian Buyi asked Faxiang about Jiang Laosan, and Faxiang said Ji Changfeng had killed him with one sword strike.
• Tian Buyi mocked the Vampire Old Demon and revealed that Blood Refining Hall had been destroyed, prompting the Demonic Sect disciples to doubt the news.

Ji Changfeng left You Ji and Biyao after warning them that he would show no mercy in the coming war between the righteous and demonic factions. At Liubo Mountain, Zhang Xiaofan nearly came under attack from his own allies before Ji Changfeng arrived and challenged the Demonic Sect forces.

• Ji Changfeng sent Lu Xueqi and Zhang Xiaofan ahead, then met You Ji and Biyao and said he had killed Old Ancestor Fengyue at Jieshi Mountain.
• Ji Changfeng departed after warning You Ji that he would show no mercy if they met in the war between righteousness and evil.
• Zhang Xiaofan arrived at Liubo Mountain in Blood Radiance, and Song Daren, Tian Ling'er, and other righteous disciples mistook him for a Demonic Sect enemy and attacked.
• Lu Xueqi saved Zhang Xiaofan, who explained that Ji Changfeng had taught him, Lu Xueqi, and Qi Hao a powerful Sword Manipulation Technique.
• Lu Xueqi told Tian Buyi that Ji Changfeng had stayed behind to face You Ji, while Old Monster Duanmu demanded to know where Wan Jianyi was.
• Ji Changfeng appeared and declared that the Qingyun Sect's seniors did not need to act because he alone was enough.

Ji Changfeng arrived at Liubo Mountain and challenged the Demonic Sect cultivators, while Zhang Xiaofan recounted how Ji had faced the Black Water Mysterious Serpent. The chapter ended with Zhang insisting that Ji had driven off the beast with two strikes and had even killed an Upper Clarity expert before.

• Ji Changfeng appeared at Liubo Mountain and stood beside Lu Xueqi, leaving Tian Ling'er shocked and aggrieved.
• Ji challenged the Demonic Sect cultivators, unsettling Old Monster Duanmu and Hundred Poisons Child with his Sword Intent and confidence.
• Venerable Dali asked about Ji's master, and Tian Buyi proudly identified him as his seventh disciple.
• Su Ru asked Zhang Xiaofan about his journey, and Zhang described their encounter with the Black Water Mysterious Serpent and the Ghost King Sect.
• Zhang said Ji drove off the Black Water Mysterious Serpent with two strikes, then defended the claim by saying Ji had killed an Upper Clarity expert before.

Zhang Xiaofan revealed that Ji Changfeng had killed Old Ancestor Fengyue and saved Biyao twice, and Ji Changfeng confirmed Fengyue’s crimes by displaying the Mountains and Rivers Fan. Old Monster Duanmu recognized the Dragon Slaying Sword and attacked Ji Changfeng, prompting Daoist Cangsong to intervene before Vampire Old Demon challenged Ji Changfeng as well.

• Zhang Xiaofan said Ji Changfeng had saved the Ghost King Sect Young Master twice, surprising the crowd and making Lu Xueqi suspicious.
• Zhang Xiaofan described Lin Feng’s collusion with the Blood Refining Hall and Old Ancestor Fengyue’s crimes, which Ji Changfeng confirmed.
• Ji Changfeng displayed the Mountains and Rivers Fan and said he had killed Fengyue to stop him from refining the Rogue Cultivators of Fengyue Immortal City.
• Ji Changfeng told Daoist Cangsong that Qi Hao was handling affairs in Fengyue Immortal City, and Cangsong praised him for defeating Fengyue.
• Old Monster Duanmu recognized the Dragon Slaying Sword and attacked Ji Changfeng, so Daoist Cangsong clashed with him.
• Vampire Old Demon confronted Ji Changfeng over the death of his disciple Jiang Laosan, and Ji Changfeng accepted the challenge.

Daoist Cangsong fought Old Monster Duanmu while Ji Changfeng challenged the Vampire Old Demon at Liubo Mountain. Ji’s Heaven and Earth Sword destroyed the demon’s natal Artifact and struck toward his head, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Daoist Cangsong battled Old Monster Duanmu, concealing his secret allegiance to the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect as he fought fiercely.
• Ji Changfeng confronted the Vampire Old Demon, while Hundred Poisons Child restrained the demon from attacking recklessly.
• Ji Changfeng launched a sudden sword strike, forcing the Vampire Old Demon and Hundred Poisons Child to dodge.
• The Vampire Old Demon attacked Ji Changfeng with dense Blood Qi, and Ji cleaved through it with Ink Snow.
• Ji Changfeng unleashed Heaven and Earth Sword, shattered the Vampire Old Demon’s Blood-colored Skull, and sent the sword light toward his head.

Ji Changfeng killed Vampire Old Demon with one sword strike and joined Lu Xueqi in defeating the Demonic Sect forces at Liubo Mountain. As the battle ended, Lin Jingyu realized he could only watch Ji Changfeng from behind.

• Ji Changfeng beheaded Vampire Old Demon with a single sword strike, stunning both sides and sending the Demonic Sect disciples fleeing.
• Hundred Poisons Child tried to escape and called for Old Monster Duanmu to run.
• Lu Xueqi used the Divine Sword Thunder True Art to severely wound Hundred Poisons Child.
• Ji Changfeng borrowed Lu Xueqi’s sword and killed Hundred Poisons Child with a Supreme Purity Divine Sword Thunder True Art.
• The righteous cultivators praised Qingyun Sect’s Thunder-Controlling Profound Art, while Tian Ling'er showed her frustration and Lin Jingyu reflected on how far Ji Changfeng had surpassed him.

Ji Changfeng pursued Old Monster Duanmu after defeating the other Demonic Sect experts, and his sword strike severed Duanmu’s arm while sparing his life. The righteous cultivators marveled at Ji’s strength as Zeng Shushu began recording his achievements in a booklet.

• Old Monster Duanmu tried to slip away while Cangsong stayed silent to protect the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect’s plan.
• Ji Changfeng noticed Duanmu fleeing and launched the Dragon Slaying Sword after him.
• Duanmu blood-sacrificed an Artifact to block the sword, but it shattered and the strike severed his arm.
• Ji Changfeng stepped forward, frightening Duanmu into fleeing into the depths of Liubo Mountain.
• The righteous cultivators reacted in awe, and Zeng Shushu began writing Ji Changfeng’s deeds in his booklet.